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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 170, NO. 3 | Wednesday June 2, 2010
SUMMER TROJAN
InDEX
2 · Roundup
2 · Sudoku
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
12 · Sports
Summer smash: A review of
the latest Disney blockbuster
Prince of Persia. PAGE 5
Repeat Winners: USC men’s tennis
claimed its second consecutive title,
beating Tennessee. PAGE 8
The Trojan Family Room in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center remains empty a little while longer, though the
fireplace was tested last week in the first test burning. The building received temporary occupancy on May 13,
and will be open to the public in a few weeks.
Dieuwertje Kast | Summer Trojan Almost there
By Tiffanie Wu
Summer Trojan
A USC professor has received
a $2,000 Partner University Fund
award to develop a new type of
male contraceptive drug.
Charles McKenna, who is also
the chair of chemistry at the College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
hopes to create contraceptive drug
for commercial use that affects
sperm development. McKenna’s
idea was one of 12 proposals
selected from among 78.
McKenna, with expertise
in chemistry, will work with
researchers in France at the
Institute for Structural Biology
Jean-Pierre Ebel and the Institut
Albert Bonniot, benefiting from
each other’s knowledge.
Despite the distance between
Los Angeles and France, McKenna
said to USC News this space would
not hinder the research.
“The fact that we’re separated
by 6,000 miles is no longer a major
factor,” said McKenna. “What’s so
exciting about this is that we’ll be
engaging in a kind of collaboration
that typically would be done with
the Department of Biology or the
Keck School of Medicine at USC …
but these biologists happen to be
in Europe.”
Researchers will communicate
regularly through video
conferencing and visit each other’s
institutions.
McKenna recently received the
USC Provost’s Prize for Teaching
With Technology, which awards
faculty for successfully integrating
technology into their courses.
McKenna is also fluent in
French and has worked previously
with researchers in France.
“That to me was a perfect fit
for the program,” said Mireille
Guyarder, the scientific attache for
the Consulate General of France in
Los Angeles, to USC News.
| see drug, page 3 |
By natalie chau
Summer Trojan
Dan Schnur, director of the
USC Jesse M. Unruh Institute
of Politics, has been appointed
as chair of the California Fair
Political Practices Commission,
the governor’s office announced
Tuesday.
Schnur, who is also an
assistant professor at USC, will
take a leave of absence from
his position at the university
while he is chair of the FPPC,
which promotes transparency
and enforces fair practices in
California politics and elections.
“Equality, transparency and
honesty in our political process
are essential to the success of
this state and I look forward to
continuing the reform that the
people of California demanded,”
Schnur said in the press release
sent out by the governor’s office.
His term on the FPPC will last
until January 2011, when he will
be up for reappointment.
The appointment by Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger comes
after former FPPC chair Ross
Johnson stepped down in April.
“Schnur has spent years
teaching and advocating for
equality and transparency in
California politics and I am
Schnur
tapped
for FPPC
The governor’s office announced
Dan Schnur’s appointment to
the commission Tuesday.
| see schnur, page 3 |
By Lucy mueller
Summer Trojan
The City of Los Angeles
released an Environmental
Impact Report last Thursday
regarding USC’s new
development plan that will
increase available university-affiliated
housing in North
University Park and provide new
retail outlets, including a movie
theater, a grocery store and
restaurants.
“This project was developed to
provide USC with badly needed
additional student housing,
provide new academic space,
and to create a vibrant retail
space that will serve both our
surrounding community and our
academic community,” said USC
Vice President for Government
and Community Relations Tom
Sayles in a press release.
The notice of completion for
the report lists the boundaries
for the proposed project as
between 30th and Hoover streets,
Jefferson Boulevard, Exposition
Boulevard and Vermont Avenue.
The release of the report
began a 45-day review period
ending July 12. On June 16, the
City Planning Department plans
to hold a community forum.
Currently the report is available
to the public.
Impact
report
released
USC’s new development project
will be under review by the City
of Los Angeles for 45 days.
USC professor to develop
male contraceptive drug
Charles McKenna will work
with researchers in France to
develop the new drug.
Medics
Medical professionals make their way through the bridge to the LAC+USC Hospital. The National Union of
Healthcare Workers won a bid last week to represent more than 600 workers at the hospital, a long fought
battle for the union, which beat out Service Employees International Union to represent LAC+USC workers.
Dieuwertje Kast | Daily Trojan

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 170, NO. 3 | Wednesday June 2, 2010
SUMMER TROJAN
InDEX
2 · Roundup
2 · Sudoku
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
12 · Sports
Summer smash: A review of
the latest Disney blockbuster
Prince of Persia. PAGE 5
Repeat Winners: USC men’s tennis
claimed its second consecutive title,
beating Tennessee. PAGE 8
The Trojan Family Room in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center remains empty a little while longer, though the
fireplace was tested last week in the first test burning. The building received temporary occupancy on May 13,
and will be open to the public in a few weeks.
Dieuwertje Kast | Summer Trojan Almost there
By Tiffanie Wu
Summer Trojan
A USC professor has received
a $2,000 Partner University Fund
award to develop a new type of
male contraceptive drug.
Charles McKenna, who is also
the chair of chemistry at the College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
hopes to create contraceptive drug
for commercial use that affects
sperm development. McKenna’s
idea was one of 12 proposals
selected from among 78.
McKenna, with expertise
in chemistry, will work with
researchers in France at the
Institute for Structural Biology
Jean-Pierre Ebel and the Institut
Albert Bonniot, benefiting from
each other’s knowledge.
Despite the distance between
Los Angeles and France, McKenna
said to USC News this space would
not hinder the research.
“The fact that we’re separated
by 6,000 miles is no longer a major
factor,” said McKenna. “What’s so
exciting about this is that we’ll be
engaging in a kind of collaboration
that typically would be done with
the Department of Biology or the
Keck School of Medicine at USC …
but these biologists happen to be
in Europe.”
Researchers will communicate
regularly through video
conferencing and visit each other’s
institutions.
McKenna recently received the
USC Provost’s Prize for Teaching
With Technology, which awards
faculty for successfully integrating
technology into their courses.
McKenna is also fluent in
French and has worked previously
with researchers in France.
“That to me was a perfect fit
for the program,” said Mireille
Guyarder, the scientific attache for
the Consulate General of France in
Los Angeles, to USC News.
| see drug, page 3 |
By natalie chau
Summer Trojan
Dan Schnur, director of the
USC Jesse M. Unruh Institute
of Politics, has been appointed
as chair of the California Fair
Political Practices Commission,
the governor’s office announced
Tuesday.
Schnur, who is also an
assistant professor at USC, will
take a leave of absence from
his position at the university
while he is chair of the FPPC,
which promotes transparency
and enforces fair practices in
California politics and elections.
“Equality, transparency and
honesty in our political process
are essential to the success of
this state and I look forward to
continuing the reform that the
people of California demanded,”
Schnur said in the press release
sent out by the governor’s office.
His term on the FPPC will last
until January 2011, when he will
be up for reappointment.
The appointment by Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger comes
after former FPPC chair Ross
Johnson stepped down in April.
“Schnur has spent years
teaching and advocating for
equality and transparency in
California politics and I am
Schnur
tapped
for FPPC
The governor’s office announced
Dan Schnur’s appointment to
the commission Tuesday.
| see schnur, page 3 |
By Lucy mueller
Summer Trojan
The City of Los Angeles
released an Environmental
Impact Report last Thursday
regarding USC’s new
development plan that will
increase available university-affiliated
housing in North
University Park and provide new
retail outlets, including a movie
theater, a grocery store and
restaurants.
“This project was developed to
provide USC with badly needed
additional student housing,
provide new academic space,
and to create a vibrant retail
space that will serve both our
surrounding community and our
academic community,” said USC
Vice President for Government
and Community Relations Tom
Sayles in a press release.
The notice of completion for
the report lists the boundaries
for the proposed project as
between 30th and Hoover streets,
Jefferson Boulevard, Exposition
Boulevard and Vermont Avenue.
The release of the report
began a 45-day review period
ending July 12. On June 16, the
City Planning Department plans
to hold a community forum.
Currently the report is available
to the public.
Impact
report
released
USC’s new development project
will be under review by the City
of Los Angeles for 45 days.
USC professor to develop
male contraceptive drug
Charles McKenna will work
with researchers in France to
develop the new drug.
Medics
Medical professionals make their way through the bridge to the LAC+USC Hospital. The National Union of
Healthcare Workers won a bid last week to represent more than 600 workers at the hospital, a long fought
battle for the union, which beat out Service Employees International Union to represent LAC+USC workers.
Dieuwertje Kast | Daily Trojan